Hey guys, how are we? Haven't checked out the forum side of SW/CiB for a long time now! I can obviously see i've been missing out BIGTIME!
Anyway, towards the end of last year I had a slight mishap with my E36 and ended up taking it off the road (I was planning to at some point anyway so this just made things happen a little quicker) doing this meant I needed myself a runabout while the E36 becomes a deeper project!
At first I'd bought a little 1991 MK2 VW Polo which was cool n shiz but before my BMW I had a Volvo 340 which was my first drift car and I caught the bug for them lol! So it was decided I was going to sell my Polo and get myself back into some swedish lurve!
This was my previous 340...
It wasn't quite standard underneath the bonnet, was very fun winding peeps up in my "grandad mobile"
Anyway so I found myself another 340, this time plans are to keep engine standard to keep good MPG and just tidy it up. Not alot has happened with it aesthetically at the moment as i've been spending quite a bit of time getting it running properly and reliably! Slowly getting to the stage where I can start working on how it looks now mind
Heres how I first bought it...
I kept my alloys that I had from my Polo to rid of the ghastly steels you see in those pics, alloys aren't the greatest but are only temporary and still much improvement!! After the addition of alloys one very needed clean/polish etc. addition of stickers and new steering wheel amongst a load of other little jobs here and there, it's now currently looking like so...
(like I say not much has changed aesthetics wise)
Picked up my new wheels for it the other day too! Got them for a bargain! need a little TLC but nothing major, and most of all contain dish
Was unsure of the colour scheme at first but propped up against the car look cool so i'll be keeping them the same! They're Centra Type11's 15x7 ET25, never seen a set before so pretty cool
So where is it going from here? Well i'm in the process of sorting the rust out along the bottom of the door, need to get a new LH wing as the current ones rotten! Most importantly though, i'll be ordering lowering parts very soon! Will be going 2-3" lower depending on clearence with the Centras (will try my best for 3" mind ). Also got a few other little ideas such as tinting rear lights all red, metal reg plates etc. Watch this space!!
Hopefully I haven't bored you guys lol
Anyway, towards the end of last year I had a slight mishap with my E36 and ended up taking it off the road (I was planning to at some point anyway so this just made things happen a little quicker) doing this meant I needed myself a runabout while the E36 becomes a deeper project!
At first I'd bought a little 1991 MK2 VW Polo which was cool n shiz but before my BMW I had a Volvo 340 which was my first drift car and I caught the bug for them lol! So it was decided I was going to sell my Polo and get myself back into some swedish lurve!
This was my previous 340...
It wasn't quite standard underneath the bonnet, was very fun winding peeps up in my "grandad mobile"
Anyway so I found myself another 340, this time plans are to keep engine standard to keep good MPG and just tidy it up. Not alot has happened with it aesthetically at the moment as i've been spending quite a bit of time getting it running properly and reliably! Slowly getting to the stage where I can start working on how it looks now mind
Heres how I first bought it...
I kept my alloys that I had from my Polo to rid of the ghastly steels you see in those pics, alloys aren't the greatest but are only temporary and still much improvement!! After the addition of alloys one very needed clean/polish etc. addition of stickers and new steering wheel amongst a load of other little jobs here and there, it's now currently looking like so...
(like I say not much has changed aesthetics wise)
Picked up my new wheels for it the other day too! Got them for a bargain! need a little TLC but nothing major, and most of all contain dish
Was unsure of the colour scheme at first but propped up against the car look cool so i'll be keeping them the same! They're Centra Type11's 15x7 ET25, never seen a set before so pretty cool
So where is it going from here? Well i'm in the process of sorting the rust out along the bottom of the door, need to get a new LH wing as the current ones rotten! Most importantly though, i'll be ordering lowering parts very soon! Will be going 2-3" lower depending on clearence with the Centras (will try my best for 3" mind ). Also got a few other little ideas such as tinting rear lights all red, metal reg plates etc. Watch this space!!
Hopefully I haven't bored you guys lol
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